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this song has been so stirring in my heart for a while now, every time it comes on my stereo/ipod my heart responds… i might be cooking dinner, reading, praying, whatevering – but i catch the sound of it and the heart of it and awaken. i love this version of Spirit Break Out + Spontaneous Worship at Bethel Church feat.Austin Williamson who does a mean (aka really good!) preach during it! heart stirring!
i love this song after hearing on the end of the Jesus Culture Leadership Podcast… but love the free worship on this youtube clip…
All the angels cry out, Holy is the Lord God All the earth replies, Holy are You All the angels cry out, Holy is the Lord God All the earth replies, Holy are You
"God guarantees that His Word will not return void. He doesn’t guarantee that the return will be immediate. Keep sowing." – Steven Furtick
i posted the above quote on our housegoup fb wall the other day.
funnily i then got this email: from public life trust aka some spam
Claire, how are you growing? Plan ahead to make sure everything flourishes Just like your garden, in life it pays to plan ahead so that everything comes to fruition.
the email is about life insurance or trusts or something like that – i wasn’t overly interested but that first line had caught my eye. it lined up with what our awesome mums group leader had shared this morning (though i wasn’t there, we were talking about it later) from 2 corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
isn’t that cool.
God is so good. He is so gracious. Abounding in love and mercy.
and He makes all grace abound to us, at all times, in all seasons, no matter what.
we’ve got to keep sowing.
we’ve got to keep planting.
we’ve got to keep watering.
we’ve got to keep walking forward.
"in the future you will walk out in the fruit of your faithfulness" kim walker smith
there are times when sowing is hard. when ministry is hard. when life is hard. when you’re pressed on all sides.
in those times we so need to know the love and grace and peace of God.
we need His comfort and hope.
we need to know that He is at work, always, and will make ALL grace abound to you, so that in ALL things, at ALL times, you will have ALL you need so you can abound in every good work. He is able to accomplish His Word. He is able to accomplish His promises. He is able to accomplish His call.
so, how are you growing?
"its hard to fight for something you’re not passionate about." Kim walker-smith (Jesus Culture)
get a revelation of God’s love for you and get passionate about Him and living for Him and then fight against all the crud trying to distract and diswade you from following Him…
what keeps us on the narrow road and obeying jesus? knowing His love and grace and loving Him in return.
what keeps us choosing to follow Him every day? knowing His love and grace and loving Him in return.
what keeps us pursuing holiness instead of satisfying the desires of our flesh? knowing His love and grace and loving Him in return.
what keeps us pure? knowing His love and grace and loving Him in return.
what keeps us wanting to know Him more? knowing His love and grace and loving Him in return.
what keeps us pushing and transforming? knowing His love and grace and loving Him in return.
Jesus says “if you love me you’ll obey me” john 14:23
what keeps us fighting and choosing Him and His ways above the world and ourselves is that passion fueled by the revelation that He loves us and saves us and gave His life for us, dying on the cross to pay the penalty for our sin.
make knowing God your priority.
make it your passion.
be so in love with Him that nothing can shake you.
i LOVE this song. i keep hearing it on life FM and going “what is this song cos i love it!?!” and then they say, matt readman 1000 reasons and i’m like, of course. every time. but i LOVE this version maybe even more – kim walker-smith from Jesus Culture
“Your dream and visions are attached to a process.” Banning Liebscher
“Leaders are developed in the process.” Zack Curry
“What’s the assignment right in front of you and are you giving yourself fully to it?” Banning Liebscher
“Rushing the process never works” Kim Walker-Smith March
Jesus Culture is passionate about equipping leaders. So they’re releasing monthly leaderships podcasts to do just that! http://www.jesusculture.com/podcast
they’re funny and informative – starting off with banter and then moving into a mini message and life stories. wisdom from those DOING it!
i believe i can fly! evangeline at ballet the other day getting some spunky air time!
two of my loves are music and preaching. so when the TWO are combined. happy. impressed. this is an album of preaching to music, or music to preaching, about Jesus. the cover caught my eye while i was browsing in itunes… yes, i am totally a judge a book by its cover type of girl, and so then i, you guessed it, spotified it… and was hooked. the preaching is dynamic and all about jesus and His power and His grace and oooooh it satisfies my soul and lights a fire in my spirit! AND i just got the book that goes with it. thanks to a friend who gave me a voucher for our local christian bookshop! excited much. it too has a glorious looking cover!
speaking of books… i read for the third time UNDAUNTED> its that good. it is a “i cant put this book down” type of book. engaging the heart and spirit! i finished and then thought YES i can tackle that mountain, and was also asking myself “who am i and what am i doing?” i got it for christmas and have reread it twice, crying through all 3 readings of it. follow christine caine on twitter and fb too – she’s the real deal. love her passion and perspective!
Christine Caine awakens the reader to how God works in us in order to work through us. Using her dramatic life story, she shows how God rescued her from a life of being unnamed, unwanted, and unqualified, so that she, in turn, could rescue others. She issues a personal, direct call-to-action: Be the love. Bring the hope. Be the change. Christine Caine offers life-transforming insights about how not only to overcome the challenges, wrong turns, and often painful circumstances we all experience, but also to actually grow from those experiences and be equipped and empowered to help others. Using her own dramatic life story, Caine shows how God rescued her from a life where she was unnamed, unwanted, and unqualified. She tells how she overcame abuse, abandonment, fears, and other challenges to go on a mission of adventure, fueled by faith and filled with love and courage. Her personal stories inspire readers to hear their name called, just as Christine heard her own—“You are beloved. You are the hope. You are chosen”—to go into a dark and troubled world, knowing each of us possess all it takes to bring hope, create change, and live completely for Christ. Part inspirational tale, part manifesto to stir readers to lives of adventure, Your God Is So Big! shows the way with spiritual wisdom and insight. Her mission to fight injustice by focusing on one person at a time will inspire and awe readers to see how we are joined in a unique mission, products of eternity, positioned in time, pressed to make the most of our lives on a quest filled with adventure and drawn by faith.Zondervan
Your blood makes the deaf to hear right now
Your blood takes away the curse right now
Your blood heals every disease right now
Your blood sets the addict free right now
And I still believe You’re the same yesterday, today and forever
And I still believe Your blood is sufficient for me
Your blood mends the broken heart right now
Your blood compels me to forgive right now
Your blood transforms my mind right now
Your blood brings the dead to life right now
And I still believe You’re the same yesterday, today and forever
And I still believe Your blood is sufficient for me
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You’re the higher power
Darkness cannot stand
No longer bound to sin, I am free
Our Father all of heaven roars Your name
Sing louder let this place erupt with praise
Can you hear it the sound of heaven touching earth
The sound of heaven touching earth
Spirit break out
Break our walls down
Spirit break out
Heaven come down
King Jesus You’re the name we’re lifting high
Your glory shaking up the earth and skies
Revival we want to see Your kingdom here
We want to see Your kingdom here
i was driving home from the supermarket the other day, just me, the kids have gone back to school, and the david crowder version of HOW HE LOVES US came on the radio… i turned it up, just to sing along, but then was unexpectedly moved by God… He breathed life into the words and refreshed my heart. Oh how HE loves me so. Oh how He loves ME so. Oh how He LOVES me so. one line jumped out at me… stole my breath away…
* And I realize just how beautiful You are,
And how great Your affections are for me.
at that moment in the car again freshly i realized just how beautiful God is, and i was humbled by His great affections towards me. humbled and oh so grateful.
its being a good week in tweet world… partly because i discovered a new tweeter, and a new book i want… and partly because i’ve had a few awakened nights which is usually when i’m reading tweets… but here are some of my favs from the week/month
@BrianCHouston: CHURCH: Where Christ is exalted, the Holy Spirit is welcomed, and God is glorified, as the family get together to worship!”
@CherelleSeelye “God has marvelous ways of taking our worst tragedies and turning them into His most glorious triumphs." -Joseph Stowell
@nickygumbel Live as though Jesus died for you yesterday, has risen this morning and is coming back tomorrow.
@ChristineCaine "… I see four men walking around in the fire…" Daniel 3:25 Whatever trial you are in know that He is there! Deliverance is coming!
@MikeGriffithsNZ ‘Take my yoke upon you’, Jesus said. We were never designed to do this life alone. Get beside God. He’s made room for you.
@EddiePoole The decisions that we make today determine the stories that we’ll tell tomorrow. -Craig Groeschel
@BCooP “The only way our dreams become our destinies is if we die to ourselves.
@PaulTripp You can stand unafraid before the exposure of the mirror of God’s Word because what’s revealed has been covered by the blood of Jesus.
@DarleneZschech ‘Stewardship is the act of taking your life and allowing God to spend you’…David Jeremiah
@jesusculture "The key to seeing an entire generation awaken is you." –@thebanning
@Aaron_Walsh1 Waiting on God is the voluntarily submission of our hearts to God so he can author our breakthrough in a way that maximizes His Glory
@SamBurge1 We are here 2 proclaim that through this man Jesus there is forgiveness 4 your sins Everyone who believes in him is declared right with God
@TamiHeim Breathing, moving, and held together by love. #PraiseHim
@ttlovesjc We find out what we really believe when we come upon limitations in our lives. – Charlotte Gambill
@JesusIsBook Even in our darkest moments of sin and self-centeredness, God still loves us no matter what.
@JesusIsBook God is on your side not because of who you are but because of who He is!
@JesusIsBook Knowing who Jesus is and knowing that He is here for us is the ultimate source of perspective.
@JesusIsBook Religion says that obedience brings acceptance; the gospel teaches acceptance brings obedience.
@JesusIsBook God loved us before we existed!
@JesusIsBook We are sons and daughters of God by birth, not by worth.
@JesusIsBook We should live in a state of awe at the magnificence, the beauty, and the majesty of the Creator of the universe
and me; @fireball3316 what a heart knows by heart is what a heart knows // YES!
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